Special Projects

NEWS 9/21/17 12:52pm

Frustration builds as Willy's Pub remains closed

By Elliot Stahr

Willy’s Pub will remain closed for at least two weeks more after experiencing water damage from Hurricane Harvey.

OPINION 9/20/17 2:26pm

Editorial: CCD must address more student interests

By Thresher Staff

For some, the Expo no doubt provides an avenue toward jobs. For others, however, most often humanities and social sciences majors, it doesn’t offer much of a way forward.

NEWS 9/20/17 2:15pm

SA bylaw amendment aims for transparency

By Claire Carpenter

The Bylaw Amendment To Establish Mechanism for Transparency and Accountability requires all SA officials except residential college presidents to submit a platform at the beginning of their term and each semester, detailing their goals for the year.

NEWS 9/20/17 2:10pm

New Fondren equipment revamps experience

By Andrew Mu and Rishab Ramapriyan

Fondren Library has had multiple upgrades driven by student and community feedback throughout the spring and summer including standing desks, elliptical foot pedals, and the Mothers’ Room for Nursing. “It's really about creating different spaces within this building that serve specific needs,” Fondren Library Head of User Experience Debra Kolah said.

NEWS 9/20/17 2:05pm

OIT begins efforts to improve campus Wi-Fi as student complaints rise

By Will Ledig

Undergraduate students have submitted twice as many complaints about Wi-Fi issues as this time last year, according to Misha Bruno, Senior Consultant for IT Transformation and Strategic Initiatives and the manager of the OIT’s new wireless upgrade project.

NEWS 9/20/17 1:59pm

Rice for Reproductive Justice partners with Planned Parenthood

By Kristen Ferrara

Members of Rice for Reproductive Justice joined local Planned Parenthood volunteers to make period relief kits for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. According to Citlalli Alvarez, a senior field organizer at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, “approximately 1,000 period kits” were created and packaged for delivery to local shelters. The success of this operation was contingent upon volunteers, Alvarez said.

NEWS 9/20/17 1:56pm

Rice Bikes mobilizes for Harvey relief

By Kimmy Schuster and Vi Burgess

Rice Bikes held the first in a series of monthly Bike + Beats, a bike drive and fundraiser to replace transportation lost to Hurricane Harvey, at their garage last Friday as part of a larger Houston-wide initiative.

NEWS 9/20/17 1:49pm

Students perceive inequality in career fair

By Emily Abdow

The Fall Career & Internship Expo filled Tudor Fieldhouse with rows of possible employers on Tuesday, but some students and alumni said the annual expo offered few career opportunities.

SPORTS 9/20/17 1:22pm

The Final Kauntdown: Bayou Bucket exposes growing gap between Rice, UH

By Andrew Grottkau

I truly thought there was a chance.

SPORTS 9/20/17 1:19pm

Volleyball coach reaches 250-win milestone on way to tournament win

By Joshua Anil and Spencer Moffat

Two hundred and fifty wins. Head coach Genny Volpe reached this milestone in the second match of the Rice Volleyball team’s Adidas Invitational II with a 3-1 victory over Georgetown University.

FEATURES 9/20/17 1:11pm

Unconventional humor: Rice's resident jokesters

By Peter Rizzi

Maybe it’s time for someone to ask The Princeton Review to add another category.

FEATURES 9/20/17 1:08pm

New magisters make Baker their home

By Elizabeth Rasich

Luis Duno-Gottberg’s tenure as Baker magister got off to a stormy start. When Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday, Aug. 25, he had only been the college’s magister for about three weeks.

SPORTS 9/19/17 11:05pm

Owls swim to second place in Open Water Championships

By Michael Price and Hayes Cochrane

The Rice women’s swim team raced to second place this weekend in the CSCAA Open Water Championship five-kilometer race held at the University of Kansas. Only Kansas finished ahead of Rice, winning by just four points.

NEWS 9/19/17 10:43pm

RHAT operations transferred to student-run RSVP

By Cameron Wallace

The Rice Student Volunteer Program will be taking over the regularly scheduled volunteering efforts of the Rice Harvey Action Team, which will remain active long-term, according to Doerr Institute Director Thomas Kolditz.

OPINION 9/19/17 10:09pm

Rice should admit more humanities majors

By Lizzie Bjork

Yes, Rice is known for biological sciences and engineering, but we cannot truly claim to be one of the preeminent national universities if we focus so heavily on technical disciplines.

OPINION 9/19/17 9:54pm

Rice must credit student artists when displaying their work

By Lenna Mendoza

Supporting the arts on campus isn’t as simple as decorating light poles.

A&E 9/19/17 9:19pm

"Mother!" blends horror and Biblical allegory

By Ye Lim Oh

Darren Aronofsky's new film is an ambitious apologue that willingly exchanges perfection for cinematic extravagance.

A&E 9/19/17 8:56pm

Box-office blockbuster "It" expertly terrifies

By Maddie Flavin

“It” is an exercise in the strength of one’s nerves, confronting viewers with what scares them the most.

SPORTS 9/18/17 9:41pm

Football takes a beating in Bayou Bucket

By Madison Buzzard

The Bayou Bucket Showdown wasn’t really a showdown at all. Rice surrendered 38 points in the first half to a potent Houston offense, led by 300 yards passing from Texas A&M transfer Kyle Allen.

OPINION 9/16/17 3:58pm

Harvey: A not so natural disaster

By Camille Chenevert

People are concerned for their environment when a hurricane destroys it, but will not change their way of living to protect themselves from the same damage in the future.